Posted on 10/23/2021 4:36:20 AM PDT by george76
A business group representing wholesalers told resident Joe Biden that jobs will be lost if he follows through with requiring companies with federal contracts to have their employees vaccinated.
Eric Hoplin, president and CEO of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, laid out the case against the mandates and urged the resident to back off his edict in a three-page letter. He said that if the contractor rule is implemented, thousands of workers will be laid off and the supply chain problems will grow far worse.
“NAW urges that the Executive Order’s implementation be revised to avoid this calamity and provide alternatives to promote safety, including testing, and consider a short-term delay to provide time to carry out these changes and to avoid further supply chain disruptions in the coming months,” he wrote.
The business group represents more than 30,000 employers across the country, some of which provide products and services to the federal government.
Hoplin said NAW and its member companies are not opposed to the COVID-19 vaccines and have encouraged employees to get inoculated. He said, though, that there is a small segment of the workplace that refuses to get vaccinated.
The letter warned that if the executive order is implemented as written, then “thousands of valued employees will be forced out of their jobs shortly before the holidays, the already compromised supply chain will be under added pressure during the busiest time of the year, and the already tight labor market will make it immeasurably more difficult to replace laid-off employees, compounding supply chain disruption.”
The country’s supply chains are already in disarray. Dozens of ships have been seen queued up outside of ports, some purchases are taking months to be delivered, and warehouses are overloaded and understaffed. The NAW contends that some of the workers who might quit because of the mandate are crucial to helping stymie supply chain issues and that their departure will further exacerbate the problem just as Christmas looms large .
In the letter to Biden, Hoplin pointed out that the mandate could affect lower-income workers. Several NAW companies have also reported that the employees who said they will resist taking the vaccine are disproportionately minorities.
The White House maintains that the mandate will not result in mass firings. NAW said it fears that employees will have no problem leaving to work at another company.
About 4.3 million workers quit their jobs in August, a figure that is up from 4 million in July. The number of people quitting is the highest since the United States began keeping records of the statistic about two decades ago and is equivalent to about 3% of the country’s workforce. Additionally, nearly 20 million people have quit since April.
Hoplin said member companies have offered generous incentives for their employees to get vaccinated, including $1,000 checks, paid days off, gift cards, and free vacations to Las Vegas. Despite the overtures, some of the employees have said directly and unequivocally that they would rather be fired than vaccinated, he said.
Dec. 8 is the deadline for employers with federal contracts to have their employees vaccinated.
“If tens or hundreds of thousands of employees are terminated just two weeks before Christmas — including the employees of the NAW companies which ensure the movement of products through the supply chain — the result could be nothing short of catastrophic for the newly unemployed and their families, and for the US economy,” Hoplin told Biden.
He suggested amending the executive order to delay its implementation or to add a testing option as is included in another vaccine mandate promulgated by the president. Biden ordered that private businesses with more than 100 employees also have their workers be vaccinated, but if they refuse, they can present weekly negative COVID-19 tests and remain on the job.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4005658/posts
Not about a virus.
E Pluribus Bellum wrote: “If this mandate is to “keep us safe” then why doesn’t it apply to all of us? Why only employed people? Why not welfare recipients and illegal aliens? Why not congress or their staff? Why not the judiciary and their staff?
Since you already know the answers to those questions, one must question why you’re posting such anti-vaxxer rubbish. OSHA is the method for enforcing the mandates, that limits the scope to those who are employed.
You should also realize that Separation of Powers limits the powers of the executive branch over the judiciary and congress.
“Why not the executive branch and their staff? Why not employees of the FDA, CDC, and WHO? Why not employees of Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson? Why are they all exempt?”
Those agencies/companies are not exempt.
That is a good point. Why not impose a mandate that says to get your welfare check you have to prove you are vaxed? Esp the kids since the vax seems to killing off a lot of kids under 16.
That would be an easy war for the left to start a war.
The Biden administration knows exactly what damage will ensue from the mandate. As soon as people understand that the goal is to destroy the country and not to stop the pandemic, then things get clearer.
Your naivety is showing. Just because a company has a government contract why does the EO issued by the Executive branch cover employees in that private company? That is a gross abuse of authority.
Like trying to warn a Kamikaze pilot he’s going to crash!
Break the system and then build back better?
“Catastrophic effect”...yeah, that’s the idea
Does no one get this except for some Freepers?
1) If the economy tanks and we have a whole new class dependent on gubment, Biteme & the DemoKKKrats win.
2) If by some miracle the economy doesn’t tank, Biteme & the DemoKKKrats win.
This is their plan. Of COURSE it will be catastrophic for business. That’s what they are counting on.
“You should also realize that Separation of Powers limits the powers of the executive branch over the judiciary and congress.”
I do not think our current government realize there is a Separation of Powers limits the powers of the executive branch over the judiciary and congress.
We have a hidden fourth branch of government that controls the other three branches.
I think certain people in big companies and government will be waiver (for misc., medical, and religious reasons) on the requirement while the serfs are denied. Some Animals or more Equal than other Animals.
Lockdowns crushed the working class while leaving the elites better off..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3968987/posts
“...Vaccine mandate will have ‘catastrophic’ effect on jobs, business group warns Biden....”
That’s not a warning... it’s a promise
“Why not the executive branch and their staff? Why not employees of the FDA, CDC, and WHO? Why not employees of Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson? Why are they all exempt?”
Those agencies/companies are not exempt.
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Where is the FDA’s employee vaccine dashboard to show overall department compliance?
Similar warning letter written to Biden from different labor group...
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/21/joe-biden-vaccine-mandate-supply-chain-516682
A trade group for air cargo giants like UPS and FedEx is sounding the alarm over an impending Dec. 8 vaccine deadline imposed by President Joe Biden, complaining it threatens to wreak havoc at the busiest time of the year — and add yet another kink to the supply chain.
“We have significant concerns with the employer mandates announced on Sept. 9, 2021, and the ability of industry members to implement the required employee vaccinations by Dec. 8, 2021,” Stephen Alterman, president of the Cargo Airline Association, wrote in a letter sent to the Biden administration and obtained by POLITICO.
All you have to do is listen to what the WH says:
—Climate change is a major danger.
—It is due to too many people using too much energy.
—We have a plan to fix climate change.
—Here is our vaccine mandate!
They are telling you that the vaxx (and/or later boosters) are designed to kill people.
Believe them when they say they want to kill you.
Flick Lives wrote: “Where is the FDA’s employee vaccine dashboard to show overall department compliance?”
How does that prove that the FDA is exempt?
BTW, unless you can prove the FDA and CDC are not federal employees, then vaccine mandate applies to them just like it does for DoD employees.
IOW, the allegation that FDA and CDC personnel are not required to get the vaccines is just more unfounded anti-vaxxer propaganda.
Xiden doesn’t give a dang about any of those reasons. He’s just a puppet for the CCP.
Let’s go Brandon.
frogjerk wrote: “Your naivety is showing. Just because a company has a government contract why does the EO issued by the Executive branch cover employees in that private company? That is a gross abuse of authority.”
A company that chooses to do business with the federal government is bound by federal contract law.
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